KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Orbiter Discovery backs out of Orbiter
Processing Facility bay 2 atop its transporter for the short trip to the
Vehicle Assembly Building. There it will be mated with its external tank
and solid rocket boosters for its launch on mission STS-105. The payload
on this 11th mission to the International Space Station includes the
Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo, which was built by the Italian
Space Agency. Leonardo will be outfitted with 12 racks of experiments and
equipment. Launch of Discovery is scheduled for no earlier than Aug. 5,
2001.
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